Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
asthmatic, wheezing, wheezy
(adjective) relating to breathing with a whistling sound
Source: WordNet® 3.1
wheezing (plural wheezings)
The quality or symptom of breathing with an audible wheeze
wheezing
present participle of wheeze
Source: Wiktionary
Wheeze, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wheezed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wheezing.] Etym: [OE. whesen, AS. hwsan (cf. Icel. hvæsa to hiss, Sw. hväsa, Dan. hvæse); akin to AS. hwsta a cough, D. hoest, G. husten, OHG. huosto, Icel. h, Lith. kosti to cough, Skr. k. sq. root43. Cf. Husky hoarse.]
Definition: To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma. "Wheezing lungs." Shak.
Wheeze, n.
1. A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
2. (Phon.)
Definition: An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper." It is a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 May 2025
(noun) (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.